Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2038-200, John H Finley, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Finley, John H
B.L. Mt. 2038-200
CONTENTS

John H. Shirley N o . 2038.
N o May 17. 1924

Whereas all men by these presents that I Ever Van Horn of Reading in the State of Pennsylvania do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Everth of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful attorney with power of substitution for me and in my name to ask demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a paid and issued from the Secretary of War due me in right of my late father John H. Frisby for his services as a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the Revolution and to deposit the same when so received with the Commissioner of the General Land Office and to ask demand receive and receipt for the certificates or landscript to ask demand receive and receipt for the certificates or landscript to ask demand receive and receipt for the certificates or landscript due thereon under the act of Congress of the 30th of May 1830 or of any subsequent act
And my said attorney is hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform all things necessary to be done in and about the business Witness my hand and Seal this 10th of May 1834
Ever Van Horn
Witness John Schoener Not Public
State of Pennsylvania ) Personally appeared before me the sub- Berks County ) scribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County Ever Van Horn signor and acknowledged the same to be her voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named Also being duly sworn saith that according to the best of her knowledge and belief her late father John H. Frisby was a Lieut or Captain of the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the Revolution and a Pensioner of War a part of said time. She further declares that she has never received a warrant from the United States for the bounty land due in right of the services of her said father neither does she believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to the same in any manner whatever Sworn subscribed and acknowledged before me this 10th of May 1834
John Schoener J. P.
State of Pennsylvania ) Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Thomas Buchanan and Elizabeth his wife persons of known credibility who being duly sworn saith that Samuel Frisby of Easton (Deceased) George Frisby of Berks County and his wife of John Van Horn of Reading are the children and only heirs at law of John Hall Frisby Deceased. He reputed to have been a Lieut or Captain of the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the Revolution who departed this life intestate. Also that John H. Frisby wife of Samuel Frisby, Samuel, Daniel, Andrew George, and Catherine are the children and only

him at law of the said Samuel A. Findly deceased who departed this life intestate also - And further they say not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th of May 1834
Wm Schoener Justice of the peace
Robt. Hutchinson Elizabeth Fletcher
Pennsylvania Berk County ss
I Jacob Dallade Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County aforesaid do certify that William Schoener Esq, before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was taken and whose name is thereto subscribed was at the time of taking the same and ever since has been a Justice of the Peace duly authorized & commissioned according to law and that to all acts done by him in that capacity full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court, this tenth day of May A.D. 1834
Jac. Dallade Prothonotary 3

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John Finley S 31025
Gentlemen
Thanks very much for the information concerning John Finley
I am trying to locate the record of an ancestral uncle John Finley, who served as an officer in the Rev. War from Pa
His war papers etc. were destroyed in a fire 40 years ago and older folk believed the service was in the 8 th Bn. I was able to find record of but two John Finleys of the 8 th and both must have died in Fleming Co. Ky. about the same time
Will you kindly let me have Operated by Wolverine Management Company the war record of Lt John H Finley

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who enlisted in the 8 th Pa a as 2 d Lt July 6 - 1776 - was transferred almost immediately to the 2 d (or 5 th ) now was Captured by the British in 1776 and Exchanged in Oct 25 1780 - which ended his war service
He re-enlisted in 1791 & served as Major in Waynes Army around Fort Henry Va resigned Dec 25 - 1793 Died Fleming Co Ky 1836 - 7 I may have some of it wrong at that
If you will kindly furnish the above information, you will aid me greatly in clearing up some tangles, and I thank you
Yours Truly Howard Finley Field Hotel Detroit Mich

October 3, 1933.
Mr. Howard Finley Field Hotel, 445 Field Avenue Detroit, Michigan.
BA-J/ILL aw John H. Finley B.L.Wt. 2038-200
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Lieutenant John H. Finley, 8 th Pennsylvania Regiment.
The records of this office show that John Hall Finley, or Findley, served as Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution, and that during a part of the period of his service, he was a prisoner of war, length and details of service not stated. His residence at time of enlistment, name of wife, and date of death are not recorded.
On May 10, 1834, Eve VanHorn applied for bounty land which was due on account of service of her father, John Hall Finley, or Findley, then deceased. She was the wife of John VanHorn, both then of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She applied for the land in behalf of herself, her brother, George Finley, or Findley, of Derby, Connecticut, and the children of her brother, Samuel M. Finley, or Findley, of Easton, deceased. The names of said children were shown as follow: John H., Sarah, wife of Samuel Shick; James; Samuel; Daniel; Andrew; George; Catharine.
Warrant #2038 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued on account of service of John Hall Finley, or Findley, as Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Line, War of the Revolution. The warrant was issued June 12, 1834 , in behalf of the heirs named above. errack
For information in regard to the location of the land, you should apply to The Commissioner, The General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage, and date of issuance.
The records of Captain John Finley, S. 31025, furnished you on September 22, and that of John H. Finley, or Findley, given above, are the records of the only soldiers named John Finley, variously spelled, who served as officers, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
Warrant issued to George Finley & others!